Mitsubishi Fuso Canter MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Fuso Canters passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 2,077 tests in 2025. 2,532 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

2,077

Still licensed (GB)

2,532

Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2020 diesel

225 MOTs

Passed first time 63%. Typical mileage 57,295 (most between 36,278 and 90,062).

2021: 100% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 70% → 2024: 71% → 2025: 63%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (6.7%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.8%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (4.9%)
Daytime running lamps: not working (4.4%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (3.6%)

Where 2020 Canters fail

Lights & electrics

24.0%

Visibility & wipers

10.7%

Suspension & axles

10.2%

Wheels & tyres

8.9%

Brakes

7.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

5.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.3%

Steering

0.4%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.